It's my parsley and I'll cry if I want to - 10/10 thread. All welcome!

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For anyone who wants a boost to their general health. The suggested goals are:

EAT 10 PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY - if you don't usually eat much fruit and veg I would build up gradually or you could upset your digestion.

DO (AT LEAST) 10 MINUTES OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY - can be yoga, stretching or something more energetic. The plan is that the idea of doing 10 minutes is not too daunting, and having started you may well find you want to do more.

There are no restrictions on what you eat so long as you get your 10 fruit and veg as well. The focus is not on weight loss but on improving our energy levels and hopefully our general mood and well-being. Sign up below and post here to tell us how you're getting on and how you are feeling.

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I think I will try to go to the gym
will someone give me a small, kind, boot up the bum?
oh actually not the bum
pinch my toes or something

I make those muffins, FK. They're yummy.

Thanks for help on other thread. I feel a little more sane now

FK, does it really work?

Apparently so

There are various similar systems

It's how packhouses test their fruit so they can pack it as ripe and ready and so on

All to fuel the marketing campaigns of the supermarkets

I read that book "Why French women don;t get Fat" or whatever it is called, and there was a bit in it about how market stall holders would ask their customers when they needed the fruit for and would then pick them out the right piece of fruit (her example was a melon) so it would be perfectly ripe for the time they needed it to be

And we have to go and invent a machine to do the same thing [sigh]

Go Franny, btw

Not read thread and going out in a sec but just wanted to say something MrsC. Sorry if this isn't an appropriate time but I get all practical when things like this happen and I just wanted to say:

If you have a mortgage and accociated life and/or critical illness insurance it might pay out for a cancer diagnosis. When we got ours a few years ago I noticed that it was included. I don't know if it's standard but it was around the time my mum had her cancer so I noticed.

Anyway. That was it. Just thought you could check it out.

Hi everyone! See you soon but got my mum staying for the weekend so probably won't be on much.

By the way - did I see you've got your Mojo back Francis??!! Welcome back!

Oh and MrsC have you got Nigella Lawson's Feast book? I think of you when I read it. If you don't totally dislike her I think you might like it x

Not sure about you putting pants and anal in the same sentence FMF, bad things might happen.

What train station is nearest to the meet up? I ain't driving to Essex. No no no. No.

DH is from Essex. I don't want him to come though. Just in case.

happy anniversary mrs c

and hello to everyone else

i am still having this problem of reading the thread but not being able to actually take it in

i have joined the general feeling of misery and cried most of the day

Hi Avi, how was the weather? Where dd you go? I love Cormwall...

Oh what's wrong everybody?

zippi

Big fat total of 2 so far today (2 courgettes and no banana ) but am still recovering from tummy upset really.

Nice to hear you sounding more upbeat, Franny. Although I currently feel very hermit-like, meet-up sounds lovely

Off for a bath.

(Said I wouldn't be talkative )

Ds2 has an abrasion on his cornea and I had to take him to Bath hospital. I had never driven in Bath before and it was every bit as bad as I thought it would be. Thankfully ds2 okay, can now open eye and not in so much pain.

Oh, and please cann you all send the very best vibes to the man who saved me from tears in the car park.

Hello Avi

Fmf, have sent peas

Hello

Apple, OJ, lentil and tomato dahl, w rice and spinach, tomato and onion curry. Yum.

Hi Bero

What's up Zippi?

Hello Pink, Franny and FK and FMF, and everyone else I have missed.

Re Picnic: I can bring scones or cakes, or savoury things. I will suggest something once I have a chance to ponder.

Avi,

Hello, You're back! Did you have a lovely time. Where did you go in Cornwall?

I am in Devon on 24th

Am quite knackered
Took ds to Natural History Museum
They have fab maze & butterfly enclosure,it was so lovely
ds covered in butterflies
got caught in storm tho & drenched

amazing rainbow on the way home

was up v early writing a letter of appeal to school we did not get in to
as they did not send appeal form
or anything

need advice too about something

Oh dear TooT
oh dear zippi
oh dear Lully

and I fear for the thread getting so busy people's stuff is getting lost

wombling you said you would bring MANGOES you can't renege on a deal now

TooT how did it happen? sorry if I missed that bit. Hope he is recovered soon

Zippi what was up? Just general misery or specific? You sound very busy / tired, can you calm things down a bit?

Lully can we help?

Avi welcome back! I missed you

I have been to gym

10 mins treadmill, 10 mins bike, v slowly
my pelvis appears to not have collapsed
quite a lot of upper body weight stuff
I have no. of personal trainer who specialises in ante and post natal stuff, do you think that would be a good call?

mojo is returning
can you tell?

sorry
I think yesterday was like lancing a boil
feel much better now but apologies for mess

I am very glad your mojo is coming back .

I would call the personal trainer specialising in AN and PN things.

I am eating raspberries and chocolate